Waterproof hat-protector.



I. GLASER.

WATERPROOF HAT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY13.1916.

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ISAAC GLASER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

WATERPROOF HAT-PROTECTOR.

. Application filed July 13, 1916. Serial No. 109,026.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC GLAsnn, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of WVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Waterproof Hat-- Protectors, of which the following is a speci= fication.

This invention relates to improvements in hat protectors, and its leading object is to low selling price, has caused me to devise an' article of manufacture wherein the body is.

formed of a single piece of waterproof or rubberized sheet material, cut to form a pattern, and from this one piece pattern the complete protector is formed, so as to provide a crown and a rim; thus materially reducing the cost of manufacture and insuring a neat fit.

The invention also includes means for securing the hat protector to the rim of a hat as well as to the crown, and anexpansible crown construction, so that one protector can Figure 1 is a plan view showing the protector applied to a hat.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3. is a plan view of the blank pattern.

Fig. 4 is a detail view showing one of the hooks used for retaining the rim covering portion of the protector in snug engagement with the rim of the hat.

Fig.5 is a detail View showing a modified form of the protector.

Fig. 6 is a detail view of a seam. Fig. 7 is a detail view of a fold. Referring to the "accompanying drawings Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented July 3,1917.

illustrating the practical embodiment of'inyinvention A designates the body of the protector which is formed from a one piece blank pattern, which consists of a central 6 0 unslitted portion B, and slitted portions, the; i inner parts of which are connected to the iii central portion B. The pattern for the body A is so formed that the sections or wings C on the oppo: 6'5 site sides of the central portion B are of substantially equal area or width, while the sections or wings 0' located forwardly 'of said central portion B and rearwardly thereof, are made slightly narrower-than the sec'.' tions C. The object of this is to permit of p the assemblage of the wing sections so that; an oval crown is formed, instead of a CllCl lar one. The article is formed by connecting t e35 confronting edges of the wing-sections so"; as to form a completccrown D and a rim E. The confronting edges of the wing sections are secured in the manner shown in Fig. 6 that is the edge of'the materiaifof' f one wing section ,is turned in, asat e,Fig.-' 6, and the edge of the. adjacent sectidn is secured to this turned edge by means of u rubber cement f and stitching g. I prefer 1 to use both cementand stitching, butiI can use either to secure the confronting [edges 5., of the wing sections. When the edges'are, Ff secured the outer side of the articlewill T not present any frayed "portions under wear, l or otherwise. i W The wing sections are folded on! themselves, as shown at It in Fig. 7, so t at the crown formed by uniting the edges 'of the wing sections will. be expansible, nd can be made to fit various sizes of hats. 9

The protector is held to the hat crown by means of the elastic band F, which has its ends secured to the crown. The rim E is secured to the hat rim by-means of the regage the underside of the hat rim and snugly hold the rim E thereto. The hooks G are located on the rim E at spaced points so that the entire rim E of the protector will be held against and over the hat rim H of the hat to which the device is attached.

In place of the retaining hooks G I may use a turned under retaining rim I, formed, on the edges of the rim portion E, and so constructed that it will snugly gripfthe llt) edge of the hat rim, see Fig. 5.

When the article is shaped to; ;fit a, high;.; I

silk or other hat the crown ismade correspondingly high; and when the hat protector is shaped to fit a ladys hat the crown is made baggy, so that it will allow plenty .'room for the ornaments of the hat.

.The material of which the protector is made is a waterproof, or rubberized fabric, which is designed to shed water. I prefer to use a thin fabric, so that the weight of the article will be insignificant and the user may readily fold the protector into a small package, and by winding the elastic band around the folded mass retain it inneat form.

The protector may be used without the usual hat as a dust guard, and will be found specially useful by automobilists and tourists.

By constructing the protector of one piece the labor of manufacturing is reduced to a m nimum.

Having described my invention I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A waterproof hat protector consisting of a body formed from a single piece of waterproof sheet material and cut to provide a central portion adapted to overlie the crown of the hat and a series of radiating wing sections, the confronting edges of the radiating wing. sections being secured together to provide .the sidewall of the crown covering portion and a rim section adapted to overlie the hat rim, and means on said rim section of the protector adapted to hook over and under the edge of the hat rim and retain the protector in snug engagement thereon.

2. A waterproof hat protector consisting of a body formed from a single piece of material and cut to provide a central portion adapted to overlie the hat crown and radiating wing sections forming the side wall of the crown portion and a rim section adapted to overlie the rim of the hat, the confronting edges of the wing sections being secured together, the wing sections designed to lie on portion and radiating wings, the confronting edges of the radiating wings being secured to each other to provide a crown side wall and a rim section, the side wall of the crown thus formed being folded upon itself to provide an expansible crown, and an elastic band secured to the side wall and adapted to retain the protector on the hat crown.

4. A hat protector consisting of a body formed from a single sheet of wat rproof material to provide a central sectio, and a series of radiating wings, certain of the radiating win s being narrower than the other radiating wings, said narrower wings being located to engage the front and back of the hat crown, the confronting edges ofthe radiating wings being secured together to provide an oval crown and a rim section, an elastic band on said crown adapted to be secured around the hat crown, said crown being folded on itself so as to be expansible, the e(lge of the rim section having means pro ecting thereunder to engage with the when the same is folded upon itself.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

ISAAC GLASER. 

